<p>Thibodaux Police spent part of Thursday night searching the Raceland area for a man who led them on a high-speed chase through Lafourche Parish earlier in the day.</p><p>Elgin Parfait, 28, of 446 Lake Long Drive, Houma, was identified as the suspect who had not been found by the time the search was called off about 9 p.m., police spokesman David Melancon said. </p><p>Officers attempted to pull the man's car over for a routine traffic stop about 4:30 p.m. near the Rouses grocery store in the 1100 block of Audubon Avenue in Thibodaux.</p><p>The man “almost ran over a police officer” as he fled, Melancon said.</p><p>Officers chased him at a high rate of speed for 15 minutes into a Raceland sugar cane field.</p><p>“You're going from Thibodaux to Raceland — you're talking about a very long chase,” Melancon said.</p><p>The man bailed out of his car and disappeared into the cane field.</p><p>Officers searched for the man for hours, which explained a “high police presence” in the area, Lafourche Parish Sheriff's Office spokesman Brennan Matherne said.</p><p>No illegal material was found inside the man's vehicle, but the investigation remains ongoing, Melancon said.</p>